Reporting the social indicators to the functional unit for food product. Theoretical contribution regarding the collection of relevant data

Catherine Macombe (1) , P. Feschet (2) , M. Garrabé (3) , D. Loeillet (2, 4)

1 UMR ITAP - Information – Technologies – Analyse Environnementale – Procédés Agricoles
2 Cirad-FLHOR-UPR 26 Systèmes bananes et ananas - Systèmes de Cultures Bananes, Ananas, et Plantains
3 Laboratoire de Science Economique de Richter
4 UMR METAFORT - Mutations des activités des espaces et des formes d'organisation dans les territoires ruraux

Several conceptions of social LCA lend on two often implicit hypothesis i)the source of impacts, the stressor would be either from technical origin, either from social one. It stems from it that relating the quantity of impacts to the quantity of functional unit has to be done through the unit processes, as it is done in ELCA. ii) companies are singly and freely choosing their practice, and even imposing social behaviour. We expect pointing out that we may build another representation. The values of the social indicators may be related proportionally to the functional units, if we handle them at the relevant level. Suggestions about the potential levels for picking up the data will conclude this proposal.

Mots clés: ANALYSE DE CYCLE DE VIE; PRODUIT ALIMENTAIRE; UNITE FONCTIONNELLE; SOCIAL LCA; FUNCTIONAL UNIT; FOOD PRODUCTS

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement

Catherine Macombe, P. Feschet, M. Garrabé, D. Loeillet. Reporting the social indicators to the functional unit for food product. Theoretical contribution regarding the collection of relevant data. 7th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector, Sep 2010, Bari, Italy. 6 p. ⟨hal-00586164⟩